Week 39 - Break the Rules

This is my daughter and the "magic tunnel" at the playground. It's been a busy week and going to the park with her was one of the few moments of calm, so I took advantage and took some photos. As far as breaking the rules goes, I think I was rather conservative, just going for a centered framing of the subject. Unfortunately it was an overcast day and the photo is not as sharp as it could be because of this, and I wish I would have payed more attention to what is behind her in the shot (to eliminate the bits of sky and foliage at the edge of the tunnel if possible).


 I do like the weird reflections in the walls of the tunnel, and my subject's excited expression! What do you think?

Early Morning

Another of the shots from my day experimenting with the 'toy camera' filter:

Week 1 - Self Portrait

This portrait is reflection in the window of my childhood room. Although I haven't lived in my home town for 13 years, I still return every Christmas. This year I am a first time mother - my daughter is 5 months old - so I find myself more nostalgic about my childhood than ever.

I had a different idea for my self portrait. I wanted to take a photo where I would stand still while a crowd of people would go about their way in the background. I borrowed a tripod from my sister-in-law and did a series of shots in the town centre, but I hated all of them. My pose was too stiff, or I had moved, I looked too fat, too plain, etc. 

I got home disappointed, then I remembered I had taken a selfie using the same curtain and Christmas lights some years back. I was still in college then, and that photo was more of a vanity shot, clear focus on my face and looking straight at the camera. I decided this second shot would be more fuzzy, so I shot my reflection, capturing the street outside as well. 

It is more 'me', as I feel right now: in two places at once, nostalgic about the time I was young and carefree and couldn't wait to leave home for college, but at the same time trying to embrace my 'true grownup' state now that I am a mother. 

As I give it more thought, a self portrait is also a good shot for a new year: 'forcing' us to think about ourselves, what we have achieved and what we want to achieve. Thinking about this I realize that I'm pretty happy with my life so far, and one can't ask for a better way to start the year. Here's to a great 2015 for everybody!

Vast

Poza de mai sus poate fi admirată și pe un colț de perete, până pe 18 februarie 2013, la Cărturești în ceainărie. Parte din expoziția promoției 2012 a Școlii de Poetică Fotografică Francisc Mraz. Atât!

Later edit: se pare că durata expoziției s-a prelungit până pe 8 martie 2013, fapt care nu poate decât să ne bucure! :)

A venit anul nou?

A cam venit, şi eu n-am mai pus nimic pe-aici... De început de an, vă ofer o poză tot din colecţia "ziua de spălat", ediţia cu mâncare şi o expresie cel puţin surprinsă.

Să vă meargă bine tot anul!

Fast fashion

Îmi place și nu-mi place poza asta în același timp. Parcă e totul prea mișcat și e totuși doar o femeie care merge pe stradă. Pe de altă parte, îmi place pasul ei hotărât în contrast cu faldurile diafane ale hainelor, și-mi place apariția ei colorată în peisajul mai degrabă industrial.

Și, până la urmă, nu-i așa groaznică pentru o poză făcută în mare grabă, în timp ce pur și simplu treci pe lângă cineva...